[Fox Starwing]

Welp, looks like it was the thermostat. Lingenfelter installed a 160F one when they foisted gobs of horsepower on the engine. Must have locked up while in winter storage. Dealership wanted to charge me 1100 bucks to replace, so I said screw it. I'll take my 7-level combat aircraft mechanic skills and do it myself. She runs cool as a cucumber now. My theory is that the oil kept the engine from overheating, as it was only 30 to 40 degrees out and I have the crazy SS cooling package which has at least one pure dedicated oil cooler I believe. I probably would have had a true overheat if it had been warm out. Consider this case closed.

[TheRealJA105]

Originally Posted by Fox Starwing

Welp, looks like it was the thermostat. Lingenfelter installed a 160F one when they foisted gobs of horsepower on the engine. Must have locked up while in winter storage. Dealership wanted to charge me 1100 bucks to replace, so I said screw it. I'll take my 7-level combat aircraft mechanic skills and do it myself. She runs cool as a cucumber now. My theory is that the oil kept the engine from overheating, as it was only 30 to 40 degrees out and I have the crazy SS cooling package which has at least one pure dedicated oil cooler I believe. I probably would have had a true overheat if it had been warm out. Consider this case closed.

The only oil cooler is the plate cooler that is coolant/oil.

$1,100 to replace a thermostat glad you replaced it on your own.

[Fox Starwing]

Yeah, you know dealerships, can't replace a $20 thermostat, gotta replace the whole water pump cause the manual says so.

[Trochoidal]

$$$$ That’s crazy. What’s book time, 9 hours on that job? Glad you’re cool now. I still can’t get over that price.

[Fox Starwing]

Holy cow, that old thermostat may have been bad from the factory. My normal oil temp with the 160 Tstat lingenfelter installed was 185 to 190. With the new one, I can't get it to even hit 180 with good highway driving. Normally sits about 170-175. Whole car is running 20 degrees cooler. I used LethalCamaro's youtube guide for replacing the Tstat, was a quick job. Just make sure you got a 10mm. Socket and a lot of good rags handy!

[Trochoidal]

That’s a good number now. On the highway my oil temps are also 170-175. Thanks for your updates.

[s346k]

Originally Posted by Fox Starwing

Yeah, you know dealerships, can't replace a $20 thermostat, gotta replace the whole water pump cause the manual says so.

sheesh. i had to pull the water pump to change the oil water separator, i had no idea it was so expensive. i need to open a camaro shop haha. i was WAY more upset about taking a 16k mile car apart than i was paying $80 for a plastic box that doesn't do a damn thing.